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We can go on by Takuma Tanaka – full view of the painted skull face, white figure offering a heart, handwritten phrases and dollar sign on yellow and blue
We can go on by Takuma Tanaka – full view of the painted skull face, white figure offering a heart, handwritten phrases and dollar sign on yellow and blue
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We can go on by Takuma Tanaka – in situ above a white sideboard with a blue octopus sculpture
We can go on by Takuma Tanaka – in situ above a white sideboard with a blue octopus sculpture
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We can go on by Takuma Tanaka – in situ above a white sideboard with a blue octopus sculpture
We can go on by Takuma Tanaka – in situ above a white sideboard with a blue octopus sculpture
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We can go on by Takuma Tanaka – detail of the centre of the composition
We can go on by Takuma Tanaka – detail of the centre of the composition
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We can go on by Takuma Tanaka – detail of the upper centre of the composition
We can go on by Takuma Tanaka – detail of the upper centre of the composition
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We can go on by Takuma Tanaka – detail of the lower centre of the composition
We can go on by Takuma Tanaka – detail of the lower centre of the composition
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We can go on by Takuma Tanaka – detail of the centre-left of the composition
We can go on by Takuma Tanaka – detail of the centre-left of the composition
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We can go on by Takuma Tanaka – detail of the centre-right of the composition
We can go on by Takuma Tanaka – detail of the centre-right of the composition
Takuma Tanaka Japanese, b. 1977
We can go on, 2026
Oil on Canvas
35 3/4 x 28 3/4 in.
91 x 73 cm
91 x 73 cm
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The gallery line: a bright work about love, memory, and moving forward with hope beyond fear. Two skulls stacked in pink, blue, and green; blue flowers; a small white figure...
The gallery line: a bright work about love, memory, and moving forward with hope beyond fear. Two skulls stacked in pink, blue, and green; blue flowers; a small white figure offering a heart. Handwriting all over: We can do it, just do it, I like you, Death is not the end. Color beginning again after the skull.
Tanaka has been knocked down more than once — the bar, the hospital, the street in Ginza. This canvas is the instruction he kept painting: keep going. It is not a motivational poster. It is a skull that still believes in flowers. The right picture for someone who has had to start again.
Tanaka has been knocked down more than once — the bar, the hospital, the street in Ginza. This canvas is the instruction he kept painting: keep going. It is not a motivational poster. It is a skull that still believes in flowers. The right picture for someone who has had to start again.
